smoking man
This was a photo shoot of my step dad smoking a cigar. I used side lighting to achieve a dramatic effect,
This was a photo shoot of my step dad smoking a cigar. I used side lighting to achieve a dramatic effect,
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Location
I actually took this photo in the living room of my Mom's house. This man is my step-dad and is into cigars. I decided that for a pleasure I wanted to start a series of dramatic photographs of people I knew smoking. The set-up was really easy with a backdrop and one speedlite in a softbox. The lighting was positioned for the rembrandt lighting and turned out real well.Time
This was taken in mid morning.Lighting
Again, rembrandt photo, one speedlite and one softbox (octabox by westcott)Equipment
Sony A7II with kit lens, softbox from westcott, manfrotto tripod, Yungnoi speedliteInspiration
Peter Hurley is a huge inspiration for me in my portrait photography in really getting emotion out of my subjects. I read his book "The Headshot" which got me shooting portraits. Then watching some of Joel Grimes work got me into making some real dramatic shots. Then Serge Ramelli and Matt Klowskowski and their amazing photo education inspired me to add a lot of drama with my post processing.Editing
Absolutely, I used Lightroom for most of the post processing and then photoshop for blemish removal and stray hairs.In my camera bag
Sony A7 II, 28-70 F/4 and 70/300 F/4Feedback
The most advice I could give is that I work better when I decide what I want to capture and MAKE that photo, not "try to take a good photo"
